Five teens were arrested Wednesday for their alleged roles in the beating of a man near the Mandeville lakefront.

According to the Mandeville Police Department, officers were notified of the robbery-turned-beating around 8 p.m. Tuesday near Lakeshore Drive and Coffee Street.

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Upon their arrival, Mandeville police officers learned that a 20-year-old man was in the neighborhood to meet up with five people in an apparent drug deal.

The encounter turned sour when the five knocked him unconscious and proceeded to steal his wallet. They left shortly after.

Paramedics arrived and transported the man to a hospital for treatment. He suffered a concussion during the attack.

Mandeville officers' investigation led them to identify and arrest the five suspects. Clarence Brown, Tyler Hufker and Antony Rodriguez, each 17 years old, were the only names given since the other two are 16 years old.

Brown, Hufker and Rodriguez were booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. The two other teens are being held at the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center.